Fifty thousand dollars won by Courts customer
Everyone likes a raffle, especially one where you’re holding a pile of tickets. I must confess that more than a few of the stubs in today’s big draw carried my name… but alas, this isn’t a story about me.
You had a one in three hundred thousand chance to hit the jackpot. That’s the number of entries that were submitted for the 1999 Courts Millennium Mania Draw. There were so many tickets that the standard barrel had to be put one side and the entries were thrown into one huge box and thoroughly mixed by three children.
In the end only one ticket could be picked and that lucky entry was owned by fifty-two year old Charles Good, a resident of Belama Extension. No doubt Mr. Good could not believe his good fortune.
Anamarie Bennett, Advertising and Promotions Exec., Courts
“Okay sir let me tell you the good news, you are the winner of fifty thousand dollars in our Millenium Mania Draw for today.”
Charles Good, $50,000 Courts Millennium Mania Winner
(on the phone) “What?”
Anamarie Bennett
“Yes, this is Anamarie Bennett from Courts Belize. Congratulations sir.”
Charles Good
(on the phone) “You are joking!”
Anamarie Bennett
“No, I am serious.”
Charles Good
(on the phone) “I cannot even find the words to describe, express at the time and still at this moment.”
Following the draw we visited the astonished winner. Good, who is recovering from a stroke, he had only two weeks ago, said although he could not believe he had just won fifty thousand dollars he did admit that he prayed for the good fortune.
Charles Good
“Well frankly speaking I got up about five this morning, me and Letecia, and we both went on our normal exercise and after I came back in I had a shower, took a bath and when I went into the little room I offered a prayer and ask God to help me and he did.”
The winning as well came just in time as we found out Good will be celebrating his birthday on Wednesday, January fifth… the day he is scheduled to pick up his check at Courts.
That check will be for the full fifty grand…as Courts will be picking up the tab for any taxes. Courts says they are already preparing for this year’s promotion, entitled, “Two Thousand and Win”.
